diff --git a/src/main/java/com/addthis/maljson/JSONStringer.java b/src/main/java/com/addthis/maljson/JSONStringer.java
index ab5a1c5..f6ccf92 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/addthis/maljson/JSONStringer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/addthis/maljson/JSONStringer.java
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ private void string(String value) {
             switch (c) {
                 case '"':
                 case '\\':
-                case '/':
                     out.append('\\').append(c);
                     break;